Aortic atherosclerosis detected with electronbeam CT as a predictor of obstructive coronary artery disease

Academic Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 631-637

  Takasu, Junichiro ^b   Mao, Songshou ^b   Budoff, Matthew J ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aorta, arteriosclerosis; Aorta, CT; Computed tomography (CT), electron beam; Coronary vessels, calcification; Coronary vessels, diseases

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA WALL; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DESCENDING AORTA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THORACIC AORTA;

EID: 0037674945     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)80081-8     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Wexler L, Brundage B, Crouse J, et al. Coronary artery calcification: pathophysiology, epidemiology, imaging methods, and clinical implications - a statement for health professionals from the American Heart Association. Circulation 1996; 94:1175-1192.
2. Budoff MJ, Georgiou D, Brody A, et al. Ultrafast computed tomography as a diagnostic modality in the detection of coronary artery disease: a multicenter study. Circulation 1996; 93:898-904.
3. Arad Y, Spadaro LA, Goodman K, et al. Prediction of coronary events with electron beam computed tomography. J Am Coll Cardiol 2000; 36:1253-1260.
4. Rumberger JA, Schwartz RS, Simons DB, et al. Relation of coronary calcium determined by electron beam computed tomography and lumen narrowing determined by autopsy. Am J Cardiol 1994; 73:1169-1173.
5. Schmermund A, Baumgart D, Gorge G, et al. Non-invasive visualization of coronary arteries with and without calcification by electron beam computed tomography. Herz 1996; 21:118-126.
6. Nallamothu BK, Saint S, Bielak LF, et al. Electron-beam computed tomography in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis. Arch Intern Med 2001; 161:833-838.
7. Takasu J, Takanashi K, Naito S, et al. Evaluation of morphological changes of the atherosclerotic aorta by enhanced computed tomography. Atherosclerosis 1992; 97:107-121.
8. Yamamoto R, Takasu J, Yokoyama K, et al. Descending aorta wall volume and coronary artery disease: a comparative study using enhanced computed tomography of the chest and coronary angiography. Jpn Circ J 2000; 64:842-847.
9. Berg MH, Manninen HI, Rasanen HT, et al. CT angiography in the assessment of carotid artery atherosclerosis. Acta Radiol 2002; 43:116-124.
10. Ganaha F, Miller DC, Sugimoto K, et al. Prognosis of aortic intramural hematoma with and without penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer: a clinical and radiological analysis. Circulation 2002; 106:342-348.
11. Antiga L, Ene-Iordache B, Caverni L, et al. Geometric reconstruction for computational MeSH generation of arterial bifurcations from CT angiography. Comput Med Imaging Graph 2002; 26:227-235.
12. Fazio GP, Redberg RF, Winslow T, et al. Transesophageal echocardiographically detected atherosclerotic aortic plaque is a marker for coronary artery disease. J Am Coll Cardiol 1993; 21:144-150.
13. Khoury Z, Schwartz R, Gottlieb S, et al. Relation of coronary artery disease to atherosclerotic disease in the aorta, carotid, and femoral arteries evaluated by ultrasound. Am J Cardiol 1997; 80:1429-1433.
14. Achenbach S, Moshage W, Ropers D, et al. Value of electron-beam computed tomography for the noninvasive detection of high-grade coronary-artery stenoses and occlusions. N Engl J Med 1998; 339:1964-1971.
15. Budoff MJ, Oudiz RJ, Zalace CP, et al. Intravenous three-dimensional coronary angiography using contrast enhanced electron beam computed tomography. Am J Cardiol 1999; 83:840-845.
16. Achenbach S, Ropers D, Regenfus M, et al. Contrast enhanced electron beam computed tomography to analyse the coronary arteries in patients after acute myocardial infarction. Heart 2000; 84:489-493.
17. Ambrose JA, Tannenbaum MA, Alexopoulos D, et al. Angiographic progression of coronary artery disease and the development of myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol 1988; 12:56-62.
18. Lu B, Dai R, Bai H, et al. The effects of scanning and reconstruction parameters on image quality of three-dimensional electron-beam tomographic angiography: coronary artery phantom study. Acad Radiol 2000; 7:927-933.
19. Bakhsheshi H, Mao SS, Budoff MJ, et al. Preview method for electron beam scanning of the coronary arteries. Acad Radiol 2000; 7:620-626.
20. Mao SS, Budoff MJ, Bin L, Liu SC. Optimal ECG trigger point in electron-beam CT studies: three methods for minimizing motion artifacts. Acad Radiol 2001; 8:1107-1115.
21. Reddy GP, Chernoff DM, Adams JR, et al. Coronary artery stenoses: assessment with contrast-enhanced electron-beam CT and axial reconstructions. Radiology 1998; 208:167-172.
22. Schmermund A, Rensing BJ, Sheedy PF, et al. Intravenous electronbeam computed tomographic coronary angiography for segmental analysis of coronary artery stenoses. J Am Coll Cardiol 1998; 31:1547-1554.
23. Bjurulf P. Atherosclerosis and body-build with special reference to size and number of subcutaneous fat cells. Acta Med Scand 1959; 42:199.
24. Tribouilloy C, Shen WF, Peltier M, et al. Noninvasive prediction of coronary artery disease by transesophageal echocardiographic detection of thoracic aortic plaque in valvular heart disease. Am J Cardiol 1994; 74:258-260.
25. Belhassen L, Carville C, Pelle G, et al. Evaluation of carotid artery and aortic intima-media thickness measurements for exclusion of significant coronary atherosclerosis in patients scheduled for heart valve surgery. J Am Coll Cardiol 2002; 39:1139-1144.
26. Agmon Y, Khandheria BK, Meissner I, et al. Relation of coronary artery disease and cerebrovascular disease with atherosclerosis of the thoracic aorta in the general population. Am J Cardiol 2002; 89:262-267.
27. Woolf N, Sacks MI, Davies MJ. Aortic plaque morphology in relation to coronary artery disease. Am J Pathol 1969; 57:187-197.
28. Baker SP, Spitz WU. Age effects and autopsy evidence of disease in fatally injured drivers. JAMA 1970; 214:1079-1088.
29. Goldin JG, Yoon HC, Greaser LE III, et al. Spiral versus electron-beam CT for coronary artery calcium scoring. Radiology 2001; 221:213-221.
30. Morin RL, Gerber TC, McCollough CH. Radiation dose in computed tomography of the heart. Circulation 2003; 107:917-922.
31. Hunold P, Vogt FM, Schmermund A, et al. Radiation exposure during noninvasive coronary artery imaging: comparison of multislice CT and electron-beam CT (abstr). Radiology 2001; 221(P):540.